volcano, some 20 injuries were reported and authorities are unsure how many people are missing. tower will column of ash shut down air traffic over guatemala city. country s capital seven miles away. first lady melania trump will not join president trump at the g-7 summit. mrs. trump hasn t made a public appearance since before her five day hospital stay in midway for treatment of a kidney condition. i m lauren green. now back to life, liberty & levin. . mark: andy mccarthy, comey s fired, comey leaked. soon thereafter, we get a special counsel by rod
surgery to fix a kidney condition. president trump said he expects her to leave the hospital in two or three days. the white house press secretary says mrs. trump is in good spirits. deadly storms pulling the north east and an 11-year-old girl killed when a tree crushed her car in new york. a man in danbury was killed by a falling tree. and that s some serious hail pounding ulster county, new york. governor cuomo declared a state of emergency in several counties. officials in frederick county, maryland, reported over 60 rescues with cars stalling out in rising floodwaters. 85 people were trapped on a double decker commuter bus. after a two-hour wait, they were
procedure to treat a kidney condition. president trump addressing how she s doing today. i want to start by say iing that melania is in the hospital doing really well. she s watching us right now u. and i want to thank the incredible doctors, walter reed medical center, they did a fantastic job. she sends her love. outfront now, the director of the comprehensive kidney cancer program at the mt. sinai health system. i appreciate your time. you know a lot about this, so when we hear these words, benign, you can sort of read between the lines in a way no one else can. we have heard the procedure usually is noninvasive, that row don t need to be in for long. maybe in and out quickly. the president said she will be b leaving the hospital if two or three days. so she s going to be in there for quite a while by the standard of saying in the hospital in america. why might she need such an
i d of said you re dreaming. dreaming! definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america s largest gig-speed network. first lady melania trump is recovering from a kidney procedure. her office says her kidney condition is benign, thankfully, but it required medical attention. a short time ago, president trump tweeted this. great first lady is doing really well, we ll be leaving hospital in two or three days. thank you for so much love and support. joining me now with the very latest on this is cnn white house reporter kate bennett. what are they telling you today? i just got an update from stephanie grisham, first lady s
but the public and the press only found out about it after it was over. they found out about it through a statement that the white house put out that reads in part, this morning first lady melania trump underwent an embolisation procedure to treat benign kidney condition. and it was successful. we don t know what the condition is but it is typically used to treat tumor. in this case, benign tumor. they inject the particles in the blood vessel to cut off the blood supply to kill the tumor. that is what happened here. by all accounts it was a success. for the president, sean, he came and visited his wife a few hours ago at walter reed. the reason he didn t come here in the morning when the procedure was happening is because he didn t want to tip off the press. anywhere the president goes, the press will follow. so clearly the white house